Maybe the new franchise is The Simpsons? But it seems like that's *too* big a franchise... it's interesting what Telltale said, though, about it being unexpected, as well as big and well known. That's what made me think of The Simpsons, or... Futurama? My other guess is Tintin, but to be honest I'm pretty sure all my guesses are completely wrong!

Anyone else got any ideas? Here's all we know:

* It'll be unexpected, probably
* It's a big franchise, bigger than Sam & Max and Bone
* It'll probably be unveiled at the end of this month at Comic Con

I'd be so surprised if there was any LucasArts link, but then it would fit in with it being unexpected! Monkey Island and Star Wars are the only LucasArts franchises that are bigger than Sam and Max, though, and I'm not even sure that's true about Monkey Island...

I don't think I'd like a Telltale Simpsons game either, though if anyone can make a good Simpsons game, they can. A Futurama game I'd be more into.

I'd go with X-Files, but I remember Dan Connors saying in an interview: "Lots of comedy coming from us this year...". Comedy stuff, then. I don't know what to think of.
Futurama could be a good guess, but Emily said "one I bet none of you are expecting..." and everybody has been talking about Futurama for ages on their forums....

I would love that if it was true! Discworld Noir is one of my favourite games ever, though it was more Noirish than the books naturally are, and a more straight adaptation would be good (I haven't played Discworld 1 and 2 before you ask).

I'm re-reading Pratchett's Death "trilogy" at the moment -- onto Soul Music which I really love. I like Pratchett's childrens books, but have not liked any of his Discworld books apart from the ones featuring death -- they're a bit too aimless and meandering, I find, unless you have a strong character like Death to bring it all together. Death knows what he's doing and doesn't dither about, which is less frustrating for me.

Anyway, in conclusion: Discworld: that would be great!

Or, like I said before, Tintin. But I don't imagine that working well in small chunks. Mind you, Discworld is a bit of a stretch as well, but I think they could make it work.

This only happened earlier today, so that's why it's so fresh in my mind! That's why I doubt it's a Pixar game, it's probably already happening and with one of the most talented names in the business behind it!

Sin City or South Park or Hellboy all would be really ridiculously awesome, but I'd be legitimately surprised if it turned out to be any of those. It'd be cool to see Telltale games on the XBOX Live Arcade though.

I know, every other suggestion here pales in comparison to the reality!

Yeah, this is great news.

As Tingle-oh points out in the Mojo comments, it's almost a shame TellTale aren't British - it's all too easy for dodgy Americanisms to creep in and ruin the atmosphere. But hopefully Aardman will rule with an iron fist (when it comes to approving the final script).

That is true, but Telltale have always maintained a close working relationship with Jeff Smith, Steve Purcell and homestarrunner.com to make their games as close to the source material as possible. They'll be great.

And the only decent British adventure outlet, Revolution (Broken Sword, Beneath a Steel Sky etc), don't really do humour. They'd be perfect for Doctor Who though.